A Point About The Less Mainstream Religions

[David Sklansky]

Is that the average practioner's beliefs is not just a little more off the wall than those of more mainstream religionrs. Even if its precepts are only slightly nuttier. Because members of mainstream religions often take the silly details with a grain of salt. They call themselves Jews or Catholics or Methodists because they believe in God and because of social reasons. But deep down they have a lot of doubt about the specifics. Knowing that if they didn't, they would be morons.

I would think a much smaller percntage of Mormons or Calvinists, or Scientologists, etc. harbor these doubts. They would be more likely to leave if they did.